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Hold My Beer: PW talks with Chick Donohue
In 'The Greatest Beer Run Ever’ (Morrow, Nov.) Donohue recounts his outlandish act of support for friends deployed to Vietnam.
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Radical Kindness: PW Talks with Ashlee Eiland
In Human(Kind), Ashlee Eiland draws on her experiences as a black woman as well as her extensive Biblical knowledge to advocate for a radical kindness and unity that can appeal to people from all backgrounds and from across the aisle.
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Learning to Dance: PW Talks with Sejal Shah
Shah explores race, identity, community, and place in her debut collection of essays, This Is 'One Way to Dance' (Univ. of Georgia, June.).
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Daughter of Scandal: PW Talks with Sanaë Lemoine
Lemoine’s debut novel, 'The Margot Affair' (Hogarth, June.), follows the travails of the secret child of a stage actress and French politician.
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Death from the Past: PW Talks with Lauren A. Forry
In Forry’s 'They Did Bad Things' (Arcade CrimeWise, June.), five former college housemates, linked by involvement in a death, are lured to a remote location, where they are picked off, one by one.
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Drawing Lessons from the Land: PW Talks with Joe Sacco
Sacco brings his award-winning comics journalism approach to Northern Canada in 'Paying the Land' (Metropolitan, July.), about the history and culture of the Dene, a First Nations people embroiled in conflict over oil fracking.
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Q & A with Deborah Wiles
We spoke with Deborah Wiles about her new YA novel in verse, 'Kent State,' which reckons with the events of May 4, 1970 at Kent State University in Ohio.
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Four Questions for I.W. Gregorio
We spoke with I.W. Gregorio about her new YA novel, 'This Is My Brain in Love,' and the importance of intersectional diversity.
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Nagging Nicely: PW Talks with Erin Geiger Smith
In 'Thank You for Voting' (Harper, June.), journalist Geiger Smith examines the history of voting rights in America.
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The Most Dangerous Monsters: PW Talks with Matthew Carr
In 'Black Sun Rising' (Pegasus Crime, June.), a British PI investigates a complex mystery in 1909 Barcelona involving terrorists and eugenics.
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Fake It Till You Make It: PW Talks with Alexis Hall
Hall’s 'Boyfriend Material' (Sourcebooks Casablanca, July.) sees Luc, the rascally son of a rock star, attempting to improve his public image by faking a relationship with straitlaced barrister Oliver.
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Four Questions for Candace Bushnell
'Sex and the City' author Candace Bushnell revealed how her new #MeToo-inspired YA novel, 'Rules for Being a Girl, co-written with Katie Cotugno, came to be.
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Elisa New Wants You to Think About, and Watch, 'Poetry in America'
With her PBS program 'Poetry in America' now in its second season, the Harvard American literature professor is hoping to help people daunted by poetry learn to love it.
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Six Interviews with LGBTQ Children's and YA Authors
In honor of the approaching Pride Month, we spoke over email with six authors whose forthcoming novels for children and teens center LGBTQ characters.
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Four Questions for Henry Cole
Henry Cole spoke with PW about his new picture book, 'One Little Bag: An Amazing Journey,' inspired by his childhood sustainability project.
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The 'Poets & Writers' Editors Have Some Writing Tips for You
Mary Gannon and Kevin Larimer, the two most recent editors of 'Poets & Writers' magazine, want you to know how to be a writer. These tips from their new book, 'The Poets & Writers Complete Guide to Being a Writer,' should help with that.
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New Appetites: PW talks with Molly Wizenberg
In ‘The Fixed Stars’ (Abrams), Wizenberg, who first gained prominence as the food blogger behind ‘Orangette,’ charts new territory, professionally and personally.
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Broken and Beautiful: PW talks with Natalie Diaz
In ‘Postcolonial Love Poem,’ Diaz reinvents narratives of desire while exploring the history of violence against Native Americans.
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Tacos, L.A. Style: PW Talks with Danny Trejo
In 'Trejo’s Tacos' (Clarkson Potter, Apr.), actor and restaurateur Trejo shares recipes from his Los Angeles restaurants.
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Mama Tried: PW Talks with Kelli Jo Ford
In Ford’s 'Crooked Hallelujah' (Grove, May), a young Cherokee woman struggles to overcome a generational cycle of broken families while remaining close to her mother.



